Pelikan 4001 Dark-Green

[lapis]

Hey, man, yer right on! Yup, Season’s Greetings White Forest came out in 2008 and also in 2009, unchanged. As re browns around that time, there was also a Season’s greetings -- unnamed -- which came out in 2005 and 2006, dark brown and cinnamon-scented.

 

Merry Xmas!

[HCD]

I've just order a bottle of this ink, the price and color seemed nice to me.

The only other green that I have is diamine salamander green and I don't like it that much.

Edited May 3, 2016 by HCD

[drrusso]

Hi!

 

Nice review. Thanks for all your efforts.

Actually, not a real lover of green shade ink, but, i feel i have to have this green. Soon to get this one, hope fully.

 

Arvind.

[Aquaria]

Got this as a sample...from somewhere. I'm guessing iPenstore (severe cold right now + Nyquil high = foggy memory at best). Anyway, I like this Dark Green. Love it, no, but like it yes.

 

CdA Vibrant Green is rather close, but definitely a richer, "brighter" shade of deep green. That being said, the Pelikan is certainly easier on the wallet.

 

I'm surprised you didn't test it against Diamine Sherwood Green. It would seem to be a natural choice for comparison. I don't have anything currently inked up with SG, and I can't remember what I used it in. I'll have to ink something up with it to see how it compares to the Pelikan.

[ac12]

I bought a bottle, and I LIKE IT.

 

It is a dark medium green, kind of similar to Waterman Green. A slight bit to the blue, but NOT so much that it turns into a blue-green. It is still green.

 

It is not as dark as Diamine Sherwood Green, but it behaves better. Diamine Sherwood Green would clog most of the pens that I used it in. Maybe the dye load in the SG is too high.

[KKay]

I was lucky enough for someone to send me a sample of this. I like it so far. However Dark Green it is not. It does remind me of Waterman Green. Both of the inks have blue tint to the green. It is not as dark green as I had anticipated. I can't see any pictures on the review right now. Photobucket gets a down thumb on that. I will have to try this in other pens. At this point I like it, but I don't love it. I certainly like it better than Brilliant Green. I got cartridges of that and gave them away to my local fountain pen friend.

[lapis]

It is not as dark green as I had anticipated. I can't see any pictures on the review right now. Photobucket gets a down thumb on that. I will have to try this in other pens.

BotoPhucket gets more than a thumb down, IYAM. I just spent all evening re-uploading everything (which you can now see in the review). this time thanks to FPN's own Upload function. You should now be able to get a better picture of the actual color(s). My scans and these uploads look okay when compared to the real McCoy on real papers.

 

Mike

[KKay]

I understand. I have pics on Photobucket too. Thank you for uploading these photos! Your Dark Green looks darker than mine. It must be the pen. I got a sample bottle FULL, so I am going to be able to play with this in other pens too. I liked seeing your green comparisons. I am going to browse that again. I will know more once I've written with this color a while. I wish it was water resistant. I do like the color though quite a bit!

[KKay]

I did a water test on the Dark Green just now. It is water resistant. So this one does have a good chance of going on my wish list. I will have to try it in other pens first though. This is great. So it may not be waterproof, but it is water resistant. (at least my sample was)

[Aquaria]

It's a few months after my first response, when I said that I liked this color, but didn't love it.

 

After using up my ink sample, I found that I had grown quite fond of the color, enough to buy an entire bottle. It's now my EDC green. I needed one to extend the life of my last bottle of OMAS green, and this will definitely do the job.

[lapis]

Good to hear... also in the sense that... any life extension of a dying OMAS ink is a real treat....

[Bo Bo Olson]

It's a similar colour to that of MB's White Forest (long gone), Ah, I can sell my two years worth, for a small fortune then.

And I do like Brilliant green, my first green. If it hadn't been on sale of a store clearing out the warehouse, I'd never bought a 'green'.....a green , especially in I was chasing purple.

Then I started chasing greens, and stopped chasing purples.

 

I find R&K Verduga and MB Irish Green, I had Verduga a head by a short nose. Someone else had Irish ahead by the short nose..so give it a tie.....followed by Brilliant Green by a neck....

 

I had thought I had a lot of greens, but pale compared to Lapis. I now have 17, having just bought the dark green, and Edelstein Olivine.

 

White Forest and Aventurine both feather by me ....and on good paper.

By me, R&K Verdura don't, neither does Irish or Brilliant.

 

Have to dig out my GvFC, moss green eventually.

 

Any one try this 4001 dark green ink with a semi-flex M or B...or Oblique in those widths?

Edited April 19, 2018 by Bo Bo Olson

[Bo Bo Olson]

Pelikan 4001 Dark Green seems to be about as good as 4001 Brilliant Green. Good that I still have an unopened bottle of Brilliant Green, in Dark Green, seems more so so than I hoped from what others said. Used a W. Germany 200 springy regular flex OB.

MB Winteer Forest is much darker by me, nearly a black green.

 

Woolly line = a ‘bumpy line’ seen with out magnification. One level under feathering.

Light woolly line can be seen or get the impression when the paper is held near your eye…and easily seen under the Big Honking magnifying glass.

Touch of woolly line, actually ain’t all that bad; seen with the big glass, and minimal even then.

Clean line is just that, not even a touch of woolly.

 

Compromise papers; so the world cannot be expected from them; Laser and Ink Jet. Ink Jet inks need very fast absorption, so tend to feather or give woolly lines.

 

Southworth 90g/24 lb Ivory; granite and parchment…light woolly line, no shading.

These papers are a disappointment also on other inks. I’ll have to check harder vs my other Southworth papers, but would stick these papers in a printer without a second thought.

 

M&K 95 g./ 25 ½ lb … touch of woolly line, just a little shading; expected more shading. (M&K is better than Southworth; normally I suggest ordering all three M&K papers from Germany in the German postage is lots less than US.)

 

Clairefontaine DCP…. touch of a woolly line, fair shading. Can’t find the paper right now so don’t know if it’s a combo paper or not, or its weight.

 

Laser only

 

Clairefontaine…Clar-Alfa 120g/32 lb. Color laser. Light woolly line (that, I didn’t expect), but looks 1 width narrower than Clairefontaine DCP …looks F instead of M.

 

Gmund ‘Blanc Beige’ in cream 170g /45lb on the edge of slight tad of woolly line under magnification , near a clear line, decent shading.

 

Gmund ‘Blanc Beige’ in cream 120g/32lb no woolly line, Clean line! Decent shading…..two of my best papers.

 

Avery Zweckform glossy 120g/32lb…Clean line...No woolly line even under the magnifying glass, very good shading, touch of blue. I had a color change on this paper with Edelstein Olivine, also.

 

I'd cleaned and cleaned my pen...even cleaned it out of a small load of this Dark green to make sure it was clean....but I get a touch of blue also on my better papers.

 

I don’t care for glossy as much as other papers but it does well and shades well. A good testing paper....if it don't cause color change in other inks.

Edited April 23, 2018 by Bo Bo Olson